Disclaimer: Naruto and One Piece belong to their respective creators. Without them, I would not be allowed to pervert their ideas to my own whim. I might have originated the Kaze-Kaze no Mi (Wind-Wind Fruit), but then again, maybe not.
Kamikaze of the Straw Hats
It Begins with Vengeance!
"Oi! Ojisan!" A small five-year-old blonde cried as he ran into a bar called Don's Den. Patrons looked up from their drinks to see a small boy wearing a white shirt and orange shorts run to the counter. The bartender, a man named Don, looked up and grinned at the sight of the young blonde that had washed up on the beach near his home. The old man had greying hair and a scruffy beard that covered his face, which curved upwards as he smiled at the energetic blonde he had taken into his home.
"What's up, Naruto?" the bartender asked as the small blonde leapt to the top of a stool set before the bar. The blonde boy grinned and extended his hands, showing a small orange and blue fruit that had a chunk bitten out of it. At the sight of the fruit, Don's green eyes widened in shock and he snatched it from the boy's hand.
"Naruto! Did you bite this?" He asked the blonde. Naruto nodded his head eagerly.
"It was yummy! Can you tell me what fruit it is and then get some more?" the young blonde asked innocently. A nearby patron with shaggy black hair arched a brow and grabbed the fruit, his face hidden by a portion of his hair. The bartender made to speak against the man's actions only to freeze when he saw the markings on the left side of the man's face. Cold blue eyes examined the spherical fruit before sniffing the area Naruto had bitten. The man nodded and put the fruit on the counter.
"Aye...that's an Akuma no Mi if I ever saw one..." the man grumbled before looking at the blonde, "Boy, what's your name?"
Before Naruto could answer, Don slammed his hand down on the glass in the man's hand and snatched it back. The two men exchanged a small glare before Don spoke, "Why do ya need ta know that?"
The stranger narrowed his eyes and coolly replied, "To know what to call my cabin boy."
"He's not gonna be your cabin boy!" Don growled to the stranger, "He's not goin' anywhere near water again!"
"Aww...but Ojisan!" Naruto whined upon hearing this, "I was gonna go swimmin' with my friends later!"
"You can forget it!" Don shouted at the boy, his eyes hard and full of conflicting emotions, before looking back at the stranger, "And you-? Where'd...Where'd he go?"
The man was gone, having left without a single word or sound. Don grumbled and pulled a pistol out, firing straight into the sky as he got the patrons' attentions. The old man pulled his orange apron off and tossed it aside, speaking sternly, "We're closed! Get out!"
Grumbling as they left, the patrons sulked as they stood from their tables and left the bar. Don went around cleaning the tables, Naruto following him as he did and helping where he could, before dumping the glasses and dishes into the sink. The man grumbled and growled under his breath as he cleaned and dried the dishes, unaware of a frowning boy at his side.
"You mad at me, Ojisan?" Naruto innocently asked. Don blinked as he stopped cleaning a dish and looked down at the frowning blonde. Placing the clean dish on the pile, Don dried his hands on a towel before kneeling before the child and placing his hands on Naruto's shoulders.
"No, Naruto...I'm not mad," Don said with a smile. Naruto blinked in confusion, and Don smiled sadly, "I'm...conflicted. The fruit you ate-"
"The yummy one?" Naruto asked, a smile crossing his face as he recalled the fruit's taste. Don chuckled and nodded.
"Aye, that one," he said with a smile before frowning, "It was an Akuma no Mi...A Devil's Fruit."
"Ohh...Like...Like that marine, Sgt. Smokey's?" The blonde innocently asked, recalling the smoking Sargent when he walked into the bar and ranted about never being a decent human after eating the purple strawberry. Don nodded and sighed, rubbing his eyes.
"Yes...Now that you've eaten the fruit, I'm afraid you'll never be able to swim again," the bartender said somberly, "And you'll...you'll never be able to live a normal life. Not until we discover what your Akuma no Mi was."
Naruto tilted his head in confusion, "There's different ones?"
Don nodded before he spoke again, "Yes. Now, do you remember anything about where you found the fruit?"
"Where I found it?" Naruto repeated, crossing his arms and scrunching his face up with his eyes closed as he 'thought'. Don smirked at the look, knowing it was a genuine thought process going on and not a joke made by the playful boy. The man waited patiently before the blonde snapped his head up and beamed, "Oh yeah! Those silly guys with cat ears had it!"
"C-Cat ears?" Don repeated, his eyes widening. Naruto nodded. The bartender swallowed fearfully and looked around before going to the back of his bar and grabbing a rifle. He began loading it when a scream came from the town. Naruto rushed to a window and blinked before smiling widely, "Hey there they are, Ojisan!"
"Yeah, I got that, Naruto," Don grumbled as he snapped the rifle into its readied mode. He grabbed the blonde's arm and stormed to the back of the bar, kicking the rear door open just as the front was broken into. Don tossed the boy into the back alley and cocked his rifle.
"Hey boss! I found da fruit! Hey! Its missin' some of it!" a dumb pirate called. A tall man, his face hidden by the poor lighting of the bar, released a displeased grunt. Don swallowed as he pressed his back against the wall near the door. His hand went to Naruto's mouth and he quietly shushed the young boy.
"Run, Naruto!" Don shouted, about-facing to fire at the intruding pirates, "Get out of here-Ack!"
"Look-look, Captain!" one of the men cried to the hidden tall man as he tightly gripped Don by his neck, "We got a live one! Maybe he ate it!"
"Ojisan!" Naruto cried out in concern, causing him to be gripped tightly by another goon with cat ears, "Hey! Lemme go!"U
"Duh, here's a kid Cap'n! Maybe he did it!" the goon suggested with a proud smile on his face. The hidden Captain released a small grunt and lifted his right hand, which had a glove that had a knife sewn into each finger on it, before cupping the boy's jaw and turning his head from side to side.
"Tell me boy," the Captain began as he spotted a speck of orange at the corner of his mouth, "Did you take the fruit from a box?"
Naruto nodded, electing a cry from Don, "Let him go! He's just a boy! He-He thinks this is a game!"
The Captain glanced at the man before smirking evilly and his impassive features gave a sadistic smile to the now terrified blonde. The Captain lifted his hand up, and said quietly, "Thievery should be punished..."
But before he could make his arm follow through, Don spoke up again, "I-It was me! I did it! Don't hurt that little shit! I told that brat to get the fruit for me and I ate it!"
The Captain stopped and looked at the man who was risking his life for the boy that had obviously stolen his Akuma no Mi. He glanced from the man, to the terrified blonde, and back before he shrugged and casually shoved his bladed hand into the chest of the man. Don gasped as blood shot out around from the Captain's hand and more came up his throat and out of his mouth. The shadowed man smirked and pulled his hand out before looking back at the shaking boy.
"Aw, Cap'n, ya made him piss his pants!" the goon holding the blonde child whined, "Now its..."
His whine drifted to a quiet squeak as he caught the annoyed glance he was getting from his Captain. Nodding, the Captain looked at the terrified boy with tears running down his face and a wet stain in his shorts before lifting his still bloody hand.
"That, boy, was for letting him try to save you," the man informed Naruto, who looked up into the narrowed coal-like eyes that were sneering down at him, "Now, I still have to punish you for stealing from a pirate. Don't move..."
Slowly, he pressed his index finger blade into the right cheek of the blonde, drawing blood as he carved deeply into the boy's face a single line that was almost two inches long. Naruto didn't dare make a sound, still in shock of what he had witness happen to his 'Ojisan', and this allowed the Captain to repeat his actions five more times, twice under the line he originally made and three more on the opposite side.
"There! Now you are marked as a survivor of the Black Cat Pirates. So long boy, I do hope you learned something today," the Captain said as he wiped his bladed hand clean while leaving the bar. His goons dropped Naruto next to the corpse of his dead caretaker and Naruto just sat there, silently staring at the dead body before him.
A pair of ocean blue eyes snapped open and a young teen sat up from his place lounging on the seat of his small, one-man boat. He rubbed his eyes and looked around before pulling a compass from his pocket out, staring at the red arrow as it spun wildly before settling on pointing to the nearest bit of land he was approaching. Snapping the compass shut, the teen stood and stretched with a loud yawn.
He wore a white sleeveless trench coat that reached past the back of his knees, and worn dark slacks that covered the top of his feet. The sole of his foot and both his hands and forearms had white tape wrapped tightly around them. Around his forehead, keeping his messy blonde locks from his eyes, was a navy blue piece of cloth.
This was Don Naruto, his surname taken from the man who died to defend him. The fact it made him sound like some sort of mob leader that tended to inhabit poorer countries and intimidated most from bothering him had nothing to do with the choice in his name, really. It was just coincidence.
"Soon, Captain Kuro..." Naruto murmured with hardened eyes locked on the island before he clenched his fist, a small visible blue wind swirling around it, "Soon I will show you what I have learned since that day..."
Meanwhile, on the island the blonde was approaching, which was one of the Gecko Islands, a butler sneezed as he walked towards the room his fake charge was resting. The butler frowned and rubbed the underside of his nose. Without a thought of the sneeze, he continued with his walk to his objective.
Kuro lifted his right hand and used his palm to straighten his rounded glasses on his face. He snorted and knocked gently on the door, "Miss Kaya...? Might I come in?"
He entered the room and found a rather pretty girl crying from her place in bed, her hands covering her face and her blonde hair in disarray. He smirked quickly before covering it with a face of feigned concern, "Miss Kaya! Was it that ruffian, Usopp? Did he upset you?"
Kaya sniffled and looked to her beloved butler with sorrow, "Oh Kurahadol...Usopp...Usopp thinks you're trying to hurt me! He says you've been deceiving me!"
Damn that buffoon, he'll ruin my plans! I'll have to ensure he dies painfully before I leave this wretched rock once and for all! Kuro mused while he sat at the edge of Kaya's bed and softly asked, "And why would Usopp think this? Surely the 'Great Captain Usopp' knows that I care truly about you...?"
"I-I don't know! He was trying to tell me about you being some sort of pirate!" that made Kuro scowl, which made Kaya look at him in concern, "K-Kurahadol? Is something wrong?"
"...Yes, yes I believe there is something wrong, Miss Kaya," Kuro murmured before standing and snapping his fingers. The door to the young heiress' room was thrown open and three of his crew walked in with smirks on their faces. Kuro shook his head and said almost apologetically, "I warned you about that Usopp character...Men, get me my real hands!"
"Aye, Cap'n!" the three announced with a salute. Kaya gasped in fear when Kuro stood and went to the doors his subordinates once stood at, looking over at her with one eye.
"Please stay put until my associate arrives, Miss Kura, I'd really like to refrain from outright stealing your inheritance," the captain of the Black Cat Pirates said. He shut and locked the door and went to find his loyal First Mate/personal hypnotist. Plan B was to be put into effect immediately.
Naruto scowled when he spotted the familiar ship that was spotted when Don was killed. He punched his left fist into his right hand and his face turned to one of stone. He could faintly hear the sounds of fighting on the other side of the vessel, but paid it no heed. His fist cocked back, Naruto shouted loudly, "BLACK CATS! I'VE COME FOR YOU!"
He could hear the fighting end and his fist flew, connecting with the side of the ship as he exclaimed, "Kaze-Kaze Cannon!"
A large explosion came afterwards and the fighting pirates found themselves using whatever they could to stay in place. A boy with a straw hat, red vest, and jean shorts had dug his hands into the ground and his arms were stretching from the force of the wind that had destroyed the Black Cat's ship.
"OUR SHIP!" the pirates exclaimed in shock. An orange haired girl wearing a white T-shirt and brown miniskirt cried from her spot on her knees, "THEIR TREASURE!"
"Who dares?" Kuro snarled as he pushed himself to his feet from his place on the ground. His plan had been shot to hell, and then some punk with Akuma no Mi powers had decided to further infuriate him by attempting to fight him, but this was the last straw!
"Hello, Captain Kuro," Naruto spat as he walked a few centimeters above the water, a light blue aura being visible under his feet, "Long time...eh?"
Kuro frowned, "Do I know you?"
"Oh you could say you were my very first Captain," the blonde snarled, his hands clenched into fists at his sides and his head tilted up, revealing six unique scars that seemed to be perfectly etched into his face to make him look like a whiskered animal. Kuro furrowed his brow before his eyes widened and he smirked.
"Look at you, all grown up..." Kuro chuckled and rubbed his cheek with the back of his hand to clean it from dirt. Before he could continue, the young man wearing a straw hat rushed at the bladed man and cocked his fist back.
"Don't forget about me! You tried to kill Kaya-AHH!" he was sent barreling through the sky by the blonde, whose left hand was outstretched and open palm facing the raven haired boy. The orange haired girl followed the boy with a concerned glance, "Luffy!"
"Anyone who interferes dies!" Naruto announced with a dead serious tone, gaining everyone's attention. He lowered his hand and kept his gaze on Kuro, "I've been waiting over a decade for this moment..."
"You're a foolish boy with the Devil's Curse in his veins, but unlike that buffoon, you have a reason I can respect," Kuro said before lowering his upper body and dashing at the blonde. A crazed smile was on his face and the Black Cat cried out, "Vengeance is something I can understand!"
Naruto didn't move when a blade sunk into his shoulder, standing with a shocked look of pain on his face. Kuro smirked and pulled his arm back, attempting to wrench it free, only to be stilled. Kuro, his crew, and a horrified pair of Straw Hat crewmembers (a certain rubber man and thief), had wide eyes when Naruto's face relaxed and he gave the captain a smirk.
"Blades of steel will cut flesh," the blonde started before Kuro found himself hunched forward with some sort of weapon piercing his ribcage. The Captain of the Black Cats felt the metallic taste of blood fill his mouth and his breathing became labored. The faux-butler looked into a pair of cold blue eyes, the owner hissing out, "But my Kaze-Kaze blades will cut diamonds! Now, do something useful and die!"
Naruto shoved Kuro away, the captain clutching at his chest with labored breaths, and the blonde looked at the shocked pirates. He scanned them all before locking his eyes on the three surrounding the orange haired girl. They narrowed and he blurred from sight.
The young raven haired boy known as Monkey D. Luffy watched with awe as the two faced off. When they separated and reappeared, the blonde pirate, Naruto, reappeared with a few thin scratches on his chest whereas Kuro was caked in blood. The captain of the Black Cats struggled not to fall to one knee and put a hand on the deep cut in his shoulder.
"You...You little BRAT!" Kuro shouted at a smirking Naruto.
"Your mom told me to tell you that I'm not as little as you think," he shot back instantly, getting shocked looks from everyone, save for a very confused Luffy.
"What's that mean?" the Straw Hat captain asked his navigator. Nami, whose face was as red as a strawberry, brought her hand down over her face in disbelief and groaned. Why was this guy her somewhat-captain, again?
"I-I'll kill you!" Kuro growled with a red tint to his face and murder in his eyes. Naruto shrugged and dragged his heel in the dirt. Content with the small line he just made, Naruto stepped back with his right arm behind him, palm facing up, and his left arm in a 'bring it' gesture.
Kuro chuckled darkly as he dropped his arm and slowly began swaying. Around them, the Black Cats froze and started pleading for their captain not to do what he intended. Some cried for their mothers, others scrambled back towards the ocean, and a few even looked to the sky and loudly asked for divine intervention. At the top of the hill, one hypnotist holding a young girl hostage cried out, "Captain! There's no need! She's signed the will! We can kill her now!"
Kuro didn't even look at his first mate. His attention was blurring already as his muscles tensed. The swaying stopped and it was silent for a second save for the one word Kuro said, "Shakushi!"
It was still once more before the first scream rung out. A Black Cat crewman grabbed at his stomach as it gushed forth his life fluids before falling to his knees. He was followed by a few more of his brethren, all felled by different wounds, before a sneaking Zoro followed suit because of another cut across his chest. He landed on the ground behind the hostage holding Jango, who followed shortly because of a cut behind his leg. The released Kaya screamed in horror before a outstretched hand wrapped around a stopped Kuro's arm, keeping the blades an inch away from Kaya's face.
Captain Kuro, once he had returned to coherence, snarled and swiveled his head, "How?"
Naruto was shocked and his stance dropped when he saw the straw-hat wearer with his arm stretched to grab the pirate. Luffy's head was dipped and his fist was clenched.
"You...Just killed your own crew!" Luffy shouted, his dark eyes filled with anger as he looked up at the man he held at bay, "WHY!"
"It should be obvious," Kuro nonchalantly started as he slowly righted himself, "I'm their captain. A crew should be obedient subordinates that always listen to their captain and be ready to sacrifice themselves for him. Simple as that."
Naruto hardened his gaze along with Luffy. The Straw Hat captain's feet dug into the ground as he braced himself before Luffy leapt up. Naruto, curious, watched as his fellow Devil Fruit user seemed to pause in midair.
"Gomu-Gomu Rocket!" Luffy cried out as his arm retracted, pulling him towards the captain of the Black Cats at an impressive speed. Naruto felt his eyes widen before they relaxed and a smirk came over his face.
Now that's a guy I wouldn't mind training with! The blonde thought to himself before watching as Luffy drove his feet into Kuro's face, sending him through several trees. The blonde Kaze-Kaze user ran up the hill and past the panting teen to where Kuro landed. Cocking his right fist back as he leapt up, Naruto willed his fruit's power to surround his hand.
"Kaze-Kaze Drill!" the blonde shouted as he drove his fist into the man's chest, the wind surrounding it cutting Kuro's torso to shreds as he literally drilled his hand through to the ground. Kuro gasped several times before Naruto pulled his fist out and started walking away.
I did it, Ojisan...Naruto thought as he looked to the sun, his eyes filling with tears, I killed him for you...But why...why does it still hurt?
"Look out!" Luffy shouted to him, snapping the blonde from his thoughts before something pierced him through the back. Naruto gasped, before his Devil Fruit took effect and a sudden gust of wind expelled around him, severing the hand that had been used to pierce through his back from its owner. Groaning, Naruto grabbed the blades in front of his stomach and pushed them through the back until he felt the steel leave his body.
"Captain!" Several voices cried out. The Straw Hats and Naruto, who had fallen to his knees in pain, looked down the hill to see the survivors of the Black Cat massacre struggling to get to their feet while others ran towards the gathered few. Naruto faintly saw the hypnotist known as Jango reach for one of his chakrams. The blonde frowned at that and extended his hand towards the hypnotist.
"Kaze-Kaze Kunai!" Naruto muttered out through his slowly dimming consciousness. A small gust of wind the size of a throwing knife shot out from his palm, impaling Jango's hand just as it barely touched the chakram's handle. The blonde smirked as the hypnotist cried out and grabbed at his now bleeding hand with the other unharmed one.
"Hey, Straw Hat!" Naruto said to get Luffy's attention, "The rest of these punks are yours. If I pull through, lemme know if your Captain is recruiting."
Luffy blinked before beaming widely, "All right! Thanks Cat Guy!"
Naruto's eye twitched and Luffy froze as a cold chill went down his spine, "Never. Call Me. Cat Guy. Again."
"Y-Yeah, o-okay!" Luffy replied with a smile before turning around. He momentarily thought about how scary the blonde could be before shrugging it off and beaming. The blonde guy was strong, like his (unofficial) First Mate Zoro and his Navigator Nami. What would this new guy be though? Lookout? Nah. Marksman? No...
A light visibly went off and Luffy cheered before looking at the blonde once more. Luffy pointed at Naruto excitedly before he said, "I know! You can be our Pilot!"
Zoro, who was still conscious but 'resting' his wound, slammed his face into the dirt to keep from screaming at his 'Captain'. Nami, however, who had rejoined Usopp and his three pirates in defending Kaya, pulled her tonfa out and smacked her captain across the back of his head while Usopp palmed his face.
"PIRATES DON'T NEED PILOTS YOU IDIOT!" Nami exclaimed at her thick skulled captain. Naruto blinked before looking at the oncoming pirate crew. Pushing himself to his knees, Naruto muttered under his breath before throwing both his hands up, visibly swaying without his arms' support.
"Kaze-Kaze Guillotine!" the blonde cried, his impatience having taking hold over his actions. A large gust of wind shot out from his palms and decapitated the running pirates. Bodies fell as Kaya screamed in horror once more. Usopp and his crew went pale along with Nami while Luffy frowned.
Looking down at the blonde, Luffy said, "You know, killing them like that was a bit much."
Eye twitching once again, Naruto replied with, "Well, if somebody wasn't trying to decide for their Captain what position I'd be on their ship, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO!"
"I am the Captain!" Luffy proudly exclaimed, his hands in fists on his hips. Naruto looked up at the beaming raven-haired teen before looking at Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Usopp's pirates.
"He's kidding...right?" the blonde pleaded. Zoro kept his head down while Nami stubbornly stomped her foot. The silence was starting to scare him, so Naruto asked again, "He's kidding, right?"
"Nope!" Luffy said as he pulled the still bleeding blonde to his feet with a smile on his face. Naruto whimpered at the action before whimpering louder at what he just did to himself.
I chose this kid to be my captain? Poseidon...you hate me so! The blonde thought woefully. Thankfully he passed out before anymore could be done to him. Luffy, a wounded Zoro, and the remaining survivors of the failed Black Cat assault on Gecko Islands retreated to Kaya's mansion, dragging the unconscious and still bleeding blonde along with them.
AN: Huh? Huh? Ya like it? Do ya? Ya know ya do. Ya totally know it.
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